Boom lyrics

Above the oceans once before

The Concorde flew its route routine

A super sonic transport expedient

The Vietnam War, its costly demise

For a country unwilling to bear it

The costs of pollution and fuel too

Remanded to static displays bygone

The world made smaller, shorter

Destinations brief at mach two

Lo, the sonic boom adversity

That sullied speed in Urbana

For trembling, rattling terror

Of those on the ground below it

An 'N' wave that could not go

Configured by the aircraft's ply

Now relegated to past dreams

Prospect of mach four and more

Inspiring presence with a boom